Emily from Man vs Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite deduction games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:03:57 Fresh Plays
  • 00:04:12 Unconscious Mind
  • 00:07:48 Snowcrest
  • 00:22:38 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
  • 00:30:31 Operation Barclay
• 00:41:42 Deduction Games We Love
  • 00:48:16 Hooky
  • 00:52:04 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies
  • 00:56:29 Fiction
  • 01:01:22 Black Sonata
  • 01:05:27 Cryptid
  • 01:10:29 The Shipwreck Arcana
  • 01:18:44 The Search for Planet X, The Search for Lost Species, The Search for UAPS
  • 01:25:51 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke 
  • 01:32:13 Turing Machine
  • 01:35:07 Kronologic
  • 01:37:32 Bomb Busters
  • 01:48:50 Honorable Mentions (Revolver Noir, Belratti, Alchemists, Little Alchemists, Accuse!, Message from the Stars, The Crew, Décorum)
• 02:02:25 Sign-off

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Johannes from Board Gaming Ramblings joins Candice to discuss recent plays of a variety of new games, including SPIEL Essen '24 releases.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:25 5 Games for Doomsday (Spirit Island Cheat)
  • 00:05:19 Revisited For the Queen
  • 00:06:10 BGG SPIEL '24 Videos
• 00:06:45 Extended Fresh Plays
  • 00:07:50 Civolution
  • 00:13:45 Speakeasy
  • 00:17:55 XOK
  • 00:24:32 The Yellow House
  • 00:29:21 Captain Flip
  • 00:36:56 Flip 7
  • 00:43:40 AI: 100% Human
  • 00:53:01 Sweet Lands
  • 01:02:00 DerrocAr: The Week of Five Presidents
  • 01:18:30 Dirt and Glory
  • 01:24:10 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  • 01:37:09 Tea Garden
  • 01:43:46 Red Dust Rebellion
• 01:56:44 Sign-off

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Jay Bernardo (Cardboard East YouTube channel + Marketing Manager at Bézier Games) joins Candice to discuss their SPIEL Essen '24 highlights and discoveries.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:29 Cardboard East
  • 00:13:06 Corrupt Parliament
• 00:14:53 Fresh Plays
  • 00:15:26 Shinjuku
  • 00:19:23 Inheritors
    • 00:28:32 Age of Civilization, Age of Galaxy, Eila and Something Shiny
  • 00:29:48 Nukumi Onsen Kaitakuki (Nukumi Onsen Hanjouki)
  • 00:37:17 Aqua ROVE
• 00:45:14 SPIEL Essen '24 Highlights & Discoveries
  • 00:58:08 Tomáš Holek (SETI, Galileo Galilei, Tea Garden) 
  • 00:59:10 Giant Monkey Palace
  • 01:00:07 Andromeda's Edge
  • 01:01:46 Speakeasy
  • 01:08:23 Xylotar, Sandbag, Seers Catalog
  • 01:09:21 "Baby Shark" Games
  • 01:10:53 Last Penguin
  • 01:12:45 Stella Quest
  • 01:27:49 Snow Planner
    • 01:35:28 Grand Austria Hotel
  • 01:38:13 Dirt and Glory
  • 01:47:20 Formosa Tea
  • 01:58:06 Jay's Asian Publisher Map
  • 01:58:55 Thaloria Quest
  • 02:02:12 Gibberers
  • 02:11:16 Fishing
  • 02:20:22 The Scepter of Zavandor
  • 02:22:32 YUBIBO
  • 02:25:41 Beatz'n'Catz
• 02:30:24 Sign-off

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Huzzah! It's the second anniversary of the BoardGameGeek Podcast! BGG Owner Scott Alden (aka Aldie) joins Candice to discuss the SPIEL Essen '24 releases they're most excited to play.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:02:24 Pinball Happenings
  • 00:07:10 BGG Updates
    • 00:07:24 BGG Booth 5F111 + Geek Buzz
    • 00:08:42 Upcoming Conventions
  • 00:16:41 Reflecting on our Top 5 SPIEL '23 Anticipation Games
• 00:25:42 Fresh Plays
  • 00:27:07 Tamashi: Chronicle of Ascend
  • 00:35:48 Revisiting Unsettled + Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
  • 00:40:39 Joyride: Survival of the Fastest
  • 00:44:27 Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
  • 00:52:10 Duck & Cover
• 00:59:46 SPIEL Essen '24 Releases We're Most Excited to Play
  • 01:00:40 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders, Evenfall: The Crystal Path, Deep Sea Adventure Boost, Roads & Boats: Book of Scenarios Volume 1 , AI 100% Human, Kraftwagen: Age of Engineering) 
  • 01:04:38 Aldie's Honorable Mentions (Perspectives Blue, Nassau, Kathmandu, The Gang, Minecart Town, Tonga Bonga, War Story: Occupied France, Happy Home, Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game, Ada's Dream, Endeavor: Deep Sea)
  • 01:12:07 Thorgal: The Board Game
  • 01:14:26 Intent to Kill
    • 01:15:52 Mantis Falls
  • 01:17:41 Battle Dentale
  • 01:19:53 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 
  • 01:21:28 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  • 01:23:35 Rebirth
  • 01:25:12 Altay: Dawn of Civilization
  • 01:33:48 Civolution
• 01:38:26 Sign-off

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Sunniva from Board Gaming Ramblings joins Candice to discuss their favorite city-building games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:04:38 Lone Wolves, Chu Han, and Game Shows with Mama Harris
  • 00:06:50 TeaForge Martian Civil War Episode
• 00:10:30 Fresh Plays
  • 00:10:48 Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon
  • 00:14:53 Unsettled
  • 00:24:36 Phoenix New Horizon
    • 00:30:43 Concilium Urbis
  • 00:31:44 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
• 00:44:35 City-Building Games We Love
  • 00:50:40 Electropolis
  • 00:54:36 Discordia
  • 01:01:32 My City
  • 01:06:33 Carson City
  • 01:10:09 Oranienburger Kanal
  • 01:16:16 Magnate: The First City
  • 01:20:37 Quadropolis
    • 01:26:33 Gateway Island
  • 01:27:44 Kutná Hora
  • 01:34:32 Small City
  • 01:41:20 Underwater Cities
  • 01:45:33 Honorable Mentions (Suburbia, Ginkgopolis, Roads & Boats, Metropolys, Dilluvia Project, Lisboa)
• 01:50:02 Sign-off

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Game designer Matt Leacock joins Candice to discuss board games that make them feel creative.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:02:08 Flickering Stars
• 00:05:11 Fresh Plays
  • 00:05:27 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
  • 00:07:30 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
  • 00:15:16 Quartermaster General: East Front
  • 00:18:43 Call of Kilforth
• 00:28:17 Board Games That Make Us Feel Creative
  • 00:29:33 Poetry for Neanderthals
  • 00:31:35 Canvas Critters
  • 00:34:11 Wilmot's Warehouse
  • 00:39:54 Too Many Bones/The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era 
  • 00:43:22 CATAN
  • 00:45:49 For the Queen
  • 00:50:55 Telestrations
  • 00:54:47 Dixit
    • 00:58:00 Barbarossa
  • 00:58:42 Once Upon a Time
  • 01:01:10 Bonus Mentions (Till the last Gasp, I Guess This Is It, Thousand Year Old Vampire)
• 01:04:11 Sign-off

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Amy from ThinkerThemer joins Candice for a recap of Gen Con '24 and to highlight some special games they played.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:06:38 Gen Con '24 Recap
• 00:18:12 Extended Fresh Plays: Gen Con '24
  • 00:18:50 Intarsia
  • 00:24:00 Spectacular
  • 00:33:40 MESOS
  • 00:38:46 Altay: Dawn of Civilization
  • 00:48:43 The Gang
  • 01:00:12 Middle Ages
  • 01:06:46 Comic Hunters
  • 01:20:01 Castle Combo
  • 01:25:21 Chandigarh
  • 01:29:54 Tower Up
  • 01:38:24 NOW!
  • 01:43:13 Seaside
  • 01:48:09 DroPolter
  • 01:52:02 The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
  • 01:58:48 Lone Wolves
• 02:09:16 Sign-off

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Comedian and game designer Grant Lyon joins Candice to discuss Gen Con '24 releases they're most excited to play.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:56 Curmudgeon
  • 00:04:46 I'm Kind of a Big Dill
  • 00:08:00 Candice's 10x10 Games (The Great Zimbabwe, Concordia, Gaia Project, Spirit Island, Root, War Chest, Paupers' Ladder, Too Many Bones, HUANG, Kreel Manor)
• 00:16:27 Fresh Plays
  • 00:16:58 River of Gold
  • 00:20:36 Too Many Bones: Unbreakable
    • 00:28:24 Champions of Midguard
  • 00:31:29 Evenfall
  • 00:37:50 Banners
    • 00:41:33 Dawn of Ulos
    • 00:47:28 Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom
• 00:52:50 Gen Con '24 Releases We're Most Excited to Play
  • 00:54:11 Grant's Honorable Mentions (The Cat Mitt Game, Gateway Island, Jewels for the Emperor Penguin, Café Baras)
  • 00:59:17 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Rock Hard: 1977, Battle Dentale, Fateforge, Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition, Wilmot's Warehouse, Pirates of Maracaibo, Galactic Renaissance, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, Arcs)
  • 01:06:16 Nestlings
  • 01:08:38 Cities
  • 01:11:39 Reef Project
  • 01:15:22 Stalk Exchange
  • 01:17:04 Rock Hard: 1977
  • 01:20:45 Card Games! (Murray the A**hole Frog, Xylotar, Seers Catalog, The Gang, Lone Wolves)
  • 01:27:42 The Gang
  • 01:30:46 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
  • 01:33:18 Arcs
  • 01:37:43 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
    • 01:39:25 War Chest: Night Fall & War of the Ring: The Card Game Fire and Swords
• 01:47:25 Sign-off

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Rock bassist and game designer Jackie Fox joins Candice to discuss music-themed board games and Jackie's debut board game release, Rock Hard: 1977.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:17 Rock Hard: 1977
  • 00:07:05 TeaForge Debut
  • 00:10:05 GameNight! DateNight!
• 00:13:09 Fresh Plays
  • 00:13:22 Blood on the Clocktower
  • 00:20:43 A Gest of Robin Hood
  • 00:35:31 Twilight Struggle
  • 00:37:11 Dune: Imperium – Uprising
  • 00:44:56 Railways of the Lost Atlas
• 00:53:38 Exploring Music Through Board Games
  • 00:54:46 On Tour
  • 00:57:13 Symphony No.9
  • 01:06:13 Rockband Manager
  • 01:08:25 Lacrimosa
  • 01:13:43 DropMix
  • 01:15:42 Wingspan
  • 01:19:51 Lisboa
  • 01:28:25 Vinyl
  • 01:29:13 Rap Godz
  • 01:31:31 Big Easy Busking, Draft & Write Records
  • 01:36:05 Come Together
  • 01:40:30 HiFi, Luthier, Monster Rock, PhilharmoniX
  • 01:42:17 Lord of the Chords, Symphony, Upstaged
• 01:47:25 Sign-off

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Eleni (Cardboard Rhino) from CGE joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games based on or inspired by movies.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:12 Fresh Plays
  • 00:05:28 Faraway
  • 00:10:26 Undaunted: 2200 Callisto
  • 00:21:28 For the Queen
  • 00:27:08 Mini Rogue
    • 00:28:14 Mythic Mischief, Caper Europe, The Dungeon Dive
    • 00:37:53 RPG & Adventure Game Experiences
    • 00:40:54 Paupers' Ladder
• 00:43:03 The Best Board Games Based on Movies
  • 00:44:41 Vengeance
    • 00:49:39 Vengeance: Roll & Fight
  • 00:51:15 The Godfather: Corleone's Empire
  • 01:03:56 Final Girl
  • 01:13:20 Star Wars: Rebellion
    • 01:16:30 Star Wars: Outer Rim 
  • 01:20:19 Horrified
  • 01:25:05 Dune: Imperium - Uprising + Dune: Imperium 
  • 01:40:03 War of the Ring
    • 01:45:24 War of the Ring: The Card Game
  • 01:48:21 Nemesis
  • 01:56:11 Dune: War for Arrakis
  • 02:00:55 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dune, Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game, Legendary Encounters: The Matrix, Dawn of the Zeds, Plum Island Horror)
• 02:06:22 Sign-off

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